Simple Architecture

The starting point: a handful of services and the traffic between them.

Format.puml
Length20 lines
LibraryAWS icons

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@startuml
!define AWSPuml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/awslabs/aws-icons-for-plantuml/main/dist
!include AWSPuml/AWSCommon.puml
!include AWSPuml/Compute/EC2.puml
!include AWSPuml/Database/RDS.puml
!include AWSPuml/Storage/SimpleStorageService.puml
!include AWSPuml/NetworkingContentDelivery/ElasticLoadBalancing.puml

title AWS Simple Architecture

EC2(webServer, "Web Server", "t3.medium")
RDS(database, "Database", "PostgreSQL")
SimpleStorageService(storage, "Static Assets", "S3 Bucket")
ElasticLoadBalancing(elb, "Load Balancer", "ALB")

elb --> webServer
webServer --> database
webServer --> storage

@enduml

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